Planes overhead in WV14
Wolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall and Sandwell, West Midlands. All 998 of its postcodes measured (43 PO boxes and other large-user postcodes left out), January to August 2026.
From Birmingham
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Birmingham flies, and that decides how many pass over WV14. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 38% of days
Under 1
a day, at all 998 of its postcodes
On a day it flies both ways, 24% of days
Up to 10
a day
Of its 998 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 1
- under 10
- 997
On a day it flies east, 38% of days
Up to 15
a day
Of its 998 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 272
- under 10
- 726
Each sector's bar splits its postcodes by how many planes pass over them a day; the figure above it counts those in the busiest band the sector reaches. The list above gives the whole district's counts.
| Sector | Flying west38% of days | Both ways24% of days | Flying east38% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| WV14 0183 postcodes | 183 under 10 | 183 under 10 | 23 at 10 to 99 |
| WV14 6176 postcodes | 176 under 10 | 176 under 10 | 42 at 10 to 99 |
| WV14 7104 postcodes | 104 under 10 | 104 under 10 | 95 at 10 to 99 |
| WV14 8289 postcodes | 289 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 99 | 112 at 10 to 99 |
| WV14 9246 postcodes | 246 under 10 | 246 under 10 | 246 under 10 |
1 of its postcodes have a position ONS estimates, so their figures may be for a spot a few hundred metres away.
What counts as overhead
Overhead means more than halfway up the sky (48.5 degrees or more) and below 7,000 ft, the CAA's definition of an overflight (CAP 1498). A day counts as one way when 80% of its flights used that way. PO boxes and other postcodes for organisations that receive a lot of post are left out: they sit at a delivery office or a business, not at homes.
Near WV14
DY4 WV13 WS10 WV12 WS2 B71 B70 B69
The councils
- Wolverhampton: noise and liveability score
- Dudley: noise and liveability score
- Walsall: noise and liveability score
- Sandwell: noise and liveability score
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Birmingham. Flight tracks: adsb.lol (ODbL 1.0); Weather at each airport: Iowa Environmental Mesonet; Ground heights: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right; Postcode positions: ONS National Statistics Postcode Lookup (OGL). Licence: Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0.